DotF: Wagner’s power breakout continues in Tampa’s win

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-0 loss to Toledo)

• SS Abi Avelino: 0-4, 2 K
• LF Billy McKinney: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-4, 2 K — 2-for-12 (.167) with two homers and six strikeouts in his three rehab games … as long as the groin is healthy, he should be back with the Yankees on Friday … tomorrow is a scheduled rest day after catching nine innings tonight
• 1B Tyler Austin: 2-4, 2 2B — had been in a 2-for-18 (.111) skid
• 2B Brandon Drury: 0-3, 2 K — first Triple-A game at second base … he played two games there in the big leagues a few weeks ago
• LHP Josh Rogers: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 5/5 GB/FB — 55 of 87 pitches were strikes (63%)

Double-A Trenton Thunder Game One (3-2 win over New Hampshire) completion of their April 29th game, which was suspended due to rain in the middle of the third inning

• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Trey Amburgey: 1-2, 1 SB — played today but not in the original game
• SS Kyle Holder: 0-1, 1 BB — played today but not in the original game
• RHP Erik Swanson: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 24 of 41 pitches were strikes (59%) … started the original game on April 29th
• RHP Garrett Whitlock: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 0 K, 9/4 GB/FB — 51 of 89 pitches were strikes (57%) … bit of a weird Double-A debut … he hadn’t walked more than three batters in a game all season, and he walked no more than one batter in ten of his other 16 games … pretty amazing the Yankees already have two 2017 draftees (Whitlock and RHP Trevor Stephan) pitching in Double-A … they are zooming up the ladder

Double-A Trenton Thunder Game Two (3-2 loss to New Hampshire in seven innings)

• CF Trey Amburgey: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — 19-for-49 (.388) in his last 13 games
• DH Kyle Holder: 0-3, 1 K
• RHP Brian Keller: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 5/7 GB/FB — 53 of 88 pitches were strikes (60%) … 20.5 K% and 7.3 BB% this year after 26.8 K% and 4.8 BB% last year

High-A Tampa Tarpons (10-3 win over Charlotte)

• DH Hoy Jun Park: 0-2, 1 BB — left the game after grounding out, so he might’ve pulled something
• SS Diego Castillo: 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI — 20-for-57 (.351) in his last 15 games
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 19 homers in 84 games this season … he hit 19 homers in 216 games from 2015-17 … lefty batter went from 45.5 GB% and 41.2 Pull% last year to 38.3 GB% and 47.2 Pull% this year, hence the power breakout
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3/6 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 61 of 99 pitches were strikes (62%)

The Low-A Charleston RiverDogs had a scheduled off-day.

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (10-0 win over Vermont)

• SS Jesus Bastidas: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB
• CF Brandon Lockridge: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB — 8-for-25 (.320) in seven games with Staten Island
• RF Junior Soto: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• 2B Kyle Gray: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Rodney Hutchison: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 27 of 46 pitches were strikes (59%) … 1.29 ERA and 9/2 K/BB through seven innings for this year’s sixth rounder
• RHP Nolan Martinez: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 33 of 54 pitches were strikes (61%)

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (4-0 win over Danville)

• SS Oswald Peraza: 0-4, 2 K
• 2B Ezequiel Duran: 1-4, 1 R, 1 SB — 6-for-16 (.375) during his little four-game hitting streak
• CF Everson Pereira: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB — 13-for-37 (.351) in his last ten games
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Alexander Vizcaino: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 10/3 GB/FB — 54 of 78 pitches were strikes (69%) … hell of an outing for the 21-year-old

The two Rookie GCL Yankees affiliates were rained out. They’ll both play doubleheaders on July 27th.